Description: In North Carolina, there are 779,805 people who speak Spanish at home. Of these people, 477,261 are proficient in English, while 304,796 have limited English proficiency. There are also 434,432 people who speak neither English nor Spanish at home. Of these people, 302,544 are proficient in English, while 129,636 have limited English proficiency.
Description:
There are 30,004 people who speak French, of which 23,835 are proficient in English and 6,169 have limited English Proficiency (LEP).
There are 3,731 people who speak Haitian, of which 3,084 are proficient in English and 647 have LEP.
There are 6,958 people who speak Italian, of which 5,271 are proficient in English and 1,687 have LEP.
There are 8,409 people who speak Portuguese, of which 6,322 are proficient in English and 2,087 have LEP.
There are 26,248 people who speak German, of which 24,333 are proficient in English and 1,915 have LEP.
There are 5,377 people who speak Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or Other West Germanic Languages, of which 4,454 are proficient in English and 923 have LEP.
There are 14,827 people who speak Russian, of which 9,042 are proficient in English and 5,785 have LEP.
There are 3,797 people who speak Polish, of which 3,242 are proficient in English and 555 have LEP.
There are 10,607 people who speak Other Slavic Languages, of which 6,882 are proficient in English and 3,725 have LEP.
There are 330 people who speak Armenian, of which 145 are proficient in English and 185 have LEP.
There are 5,394 people who speak Persian (including Farsi, Dari), of which 4,432 are proficient in English and 962 have LEP.
There are 15,716 people who speak Gujarati, of which 11,161 are proficient in English and 4,555 have LEP.
There are 19,914 people who speak Hindi, of which 16,976 are proficient in English and 2,938 have LEP.
There are 7,500 people who speak Urdu, of which 5,590 are proficient in English and 1,910 have LEP.
There are 3,182 people who speak Punjabi, of which 2,167 are proficient in English and 1,015 have LEP.
There are 4,500 people who speak Bengali, of which 3,255 are proficient in English and 1,245 have LEP.
There are 9,411 people who speak Nepali, Marathi, or Other Indic Languages, of which 6,595 are proficient in English and 2,816 have LEP.
There are 13,652 people who speak Other Indo-European Languages, of which 10,444 are proficient in English and 3,208 have LEP.
There are 15,642 people who speak Telugu, of which 12,056 are proficient in English and 3,586 have LEP.
There are 10,724 people who speak Tamil, of which 7,319 are proficient in English and 3,405 have LEP.
There are 5,430 people who speak Malayalam, Kannada, or Other Dravidian Languages, of which 4,697 are proficient in English and 733 have LEP.
There are 38,374 people who speak Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese), of which 21,901 are proficient in English and 16,473 have LEP.
There are 7,732 people who speak Japanese, of which 5,200 are proficient in English and 2,532 have LEP.
There are 16,877 people who speak Korean, of which 9,570 are proficient in English and 7,307 have LEP.
There are 11,569 people who speak Hmong, of which 8,289 are proficient in English and 3,280 have LEP.
There are 24,434 people who speak Vietnamese, of which 8,872 are proficient in English and 15,562 have LEP.
There are 2,612 people who speak Khmer, of which 1,369 are proficient in English and 1,243 have LEP.
There are 6,272 people who speak Thai, Lao, or Other Tai-Kadai Languages, of which 3,259 are proficient in English and 3,013 have LEP.
There are 9,593 people who speak Other Languages of Asia, of which 5,259 are proficient in English and 4,334 have LEP.
There are 14,384 people who speak Tagalog (including Filipino), of which 11,136 are proficient in English and 3,248 have LEP.
There are 7,559 people who speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or Other Austronesian Languages, of which 4,954 are proficient in English and 2,605 have LEP.
There are 28,034 people who speak Arabic, of which 18,649 are proficient in English and 9,385 have LEP.
There are 1,174 people who speak Hebrew, of which 1,106 are proficient in English and 68 have LEP.
There are 5,858 people who speak Amharic, Somali, or Other Afro-Asiatic Languages, of which 3,989 are proficient in English and 1,869 have LEP.
There are 16,646 people who speak Yoruba, Twi, Igbo, or Other Languages of Western Africa, of which 13,403 are proficient in English and 3,243 have LEP.
There are 12,461 people who speak Swahili or Other Languages of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa, of which 8,147 are proficient in English and 4,314 have LEP.
There are 2,895 people who speak Native Languages of North America, of which 2,702 are proficient in English and 193 have LEP.
There are 4,353 people who speak Other and Unspecified Languages, of which 3,437 are proficient in English and 916 have LEP.
Source of Data:
MPI. “North Carolina: Language and Education.” Migration Policy Institute, MPI, www.migrationpolicy.org/data/state-profiles/state/language/NC. Accessed 9 Apr 2021.